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Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at(...)
Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at(...)

Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at(...)

Date12/27/1987
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  • Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop; as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at Roots store in the Eaton Centre. The Sunday spending spree was a first for Metro.
  • Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at Roots store in the Eaton Centre. The Sunday spending spree was a first for Metro.
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